Things that never made sense in Pokemon Page 2

Started by Nah February 20th, 2014 2:09 PM
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This is a fault of the English localization team. Mr. Mime's Japanese name, バリヤード - usually romanized as Barrierd, is gender-neutral and simply references its ability to create invisible walls.

Since there was no gender in GenI, there was no harm in making a silly alliterative name like Mr. Mime, but when genders were introduced in GenII, it was already too late to backpedal on the English name. >_>
Oh, now it makes sense.

Another one I thought of is why does Gengar get Levitate when it clearly does not float? It's always been touching the ground.
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How the heck can pokemon battle underwater or above the water?
I mean, if you bring out torkoal underwater, then it would be instant K.O right?

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Something to cliche for me to solve this, but I add my 2 scents

- How does the player breathe under water and for how insanely long can he stayed that way. Humans can't stay under water for quite long, but how illogical explanation that in the game, the protag can stay for much longer.

- Doduo and Dodrio seemingly resembles of a ostrich, they are wingless and incapable of FLYING. But how in the name of arecus that they can still learn a FLYING HM (HM02)

- Can a preschooler run their own business and have you seen preschoolers in BW2 make a shop of whatever in Join Avenue they are still 6 or 7 and it's just so wrong in many ways. Youngsters and Lass are also wrong because of their age, Ace trainers as they're ok because their ages is more than Youngster/Lasses and many GROWN-UP trainer classes is OK to run their dream bizz in player's Join Avenue. but for 3 trainer classes it's outrageous
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- How does the player breathe under water and for how insanely long can he stayed that way. Humans can't stay under water for quite long, but how illogical explanation that in the game, the protag can stay for much longer.
Protagonists are pirates, mate. They can run and cycle forever without getting exhausted, and need no food or sleep. They even float in the air when they send out the Pokémon they're surfing on out of the Pokéball.

Perhaps they are in fact controlled by aliens...
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People swimming around in the wild ocean of Hoenn, just waiting to battle you :p Some are ridiculously far from land.
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It's always the descriptions of the latest legendaries that bother me the most.

-How do you use groudon and kyogre when they're supposed to cause droughts or floods that would kill everyone?

-How does time and space continue to exist when your Dialga or Palkia faints?

-Why does Mewtwo listen to you?

-How on EARTH do you catch Arceus? It's the God of the universe.

-On a side note: How does Wailord fit anywhere, ever?

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-How does time and space continue to exist when your Dialga or Palkia faints?
This one I think I can answer. Space and Time will continue to exist so long as Palkia and Dialga exist. Since they aren't dead when they faint (though everyone, including myself, uses the two words interchangeably), space and time will be ok. Also, in Platinum, defeating Giratina doesn't cause the Distortion World to collapse, so you can assume its the same with the other 2 members of the Creation Trio. If they do die, Arceus can make more Palkias/Dialgas/Giratinas, like how it does in the Sinjoh Ruins event.
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Diglett and Dugtrio can learn HM Cut, but a Zangoose can't. -,-
Yeah, it's weird because Zangoose clearly has claws while Diglett's line don't. And one I want to mention, why can't any Bug/Flying-types not learn Fly but the non-Flying Volcarona and Genesect can? Yanmega even had a Pokedex entry mentioning it could carry an adult human.

Maybe I guess the reason might be the fact bugs are often frail and can't handle a lot of weight. But that wouldn't explain why tiny birds like Pidgey can carry a human? Pokemon logic.
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What bothers me in Pokemon:

-Of course, how does the Pokemon Center earn profit if their service is always free? (Prob fixed it in later gens with the market being inside it)

-Why is it that when you lose a battle, you black out, rush to a Pokemon center, protecting your team from further harm etc.
Whereas when other trainers lose, they be like
"Oh hey good match bro. Here's 500 Poke-dollars. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to stand in this exact spot for the rest of my life with my dead 'mons. :)"

-How the protagonist has infinite stamina and can go on forever without eating, drinking, or sleeping...yet he can't swim.

-Police men at night time
Policeman: Hey look! A kid wandering the outside world at 3 in the morning. Better battle him.

-When you enter a random house
Real Life: Aaaagh!! How'd you get in here!
Pokemon: Oh hi stranger! Would you mind looking after this Pokemon for me?

-Why are bikes so overpriced in Cerulean City?

-Where is your mother's room in the Pokemon games? Does she sleep with you or...?

-How can fainted Pokemons still perform HM moves outside battle?

And many many more.......but hey, Pokemon Logic amirite?
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Why is Sabrina considered after Koga in RBY? It's more logical the other way around and less random.

How do Pokemon die? There's talk about it at the Pokemon Tower and other places... and yet nothing like that is ever shown.

How come humans have never seen the actual act of PokeSex? Are the eggs brought by some undiscovered stork legendary?

Why does Gliscor weigh so much less than Gligar?


Just a few that came to mind.
I can answer the Sabrina - Koga one: Because their badges got swapped, probably. Marsh Badge was supposed to be the poison one and Soul Badge the psychic one.
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How the hell does ditto copy the colour of its transformed target?...
It can mimic the size, physical structure, Ability, and moveset of it's opponent- and you wonder about the colour?


Do you know about chameleons? Some octopi have that ability, too.

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-Why are bikes so overpriced in Cerulean City?
I believe to prevent players to progress the game faster and this applies to certain gens. so you'll need to find a person giving you a bike coupon :P
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How does Remoraid evolve to Octillery?
Remoraid is also based on a gun.
What's more powerful than a gun?
Octillery = cannon.


Remoraid's talent for shooting attacks is similar to an archerfish's. Considering its relationship to Mantyke and Mantine it appears to also be based on a remora. Its shooting abilities, general shape, and appearance make it similar to firearms, more specifically, revolvers.
Octillery is based on an octopus. It also has some basis on a tank or a wheeled cannon.

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Well there is quite a few:
- Egg Groups: How can certain Pokemon mate? Wailord and Diglett anyone?
- Certain Female Pokemon: Machamp? Alakazam??
- Alakazam being able to use iron tail
- Dark being weak to Bug - like really?? A big bad Pokemon is weak to bugs?
- How some Pokemon can learn fly and others not. Dodrio? Of course! Scyther or Gliscor? Nope!
- Bouffalant not being a Tauros evolution, Alommomola not being a Luvdic evo

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Well there is quite a few:
- Egg Groups: How can certain Pokemon mate? Wailord and Diglett anyone?
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To extend this: Why can different species interbreed, and still manage to give birth to a normal pokémon, rather than a hybrid. With the only remnants being a slightly misplaced move from the father.

This implies that moves are genetic, including TMs and HMs. So using a machine actually changes your pokémon's DNA? D:

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- How does pokemon communicate with human(Aside from R's Meowth)? I watched some pokemovie and certain pokemon communicate with humans via telepathy and not so normally open their mouth and said what they should said

- In the game, You'll need Reshiram or Zekrom to create either of these colored Kyruem. But how can it be possible in the move for Kyruem to be in these colored fusion.
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Well there is quite a few:
- Certain Female Pokemon: Machamp? Alakazam??
- Dark being weak to Bug - like really?? A big bad Pokemon is weak to bugs?
- Bouffalant not being a Tauros evolution, Alommomola not being a Luvdic evo
My theories:
- Gender is fluid and not strictly dictated by perceived tertiary sexual characteristics. This applies to the real world as well FYI...
- Insects are most active at night and are adapted to survival in darkness.
- I'm guessing that Bouffalant and Alomomola were designed to be evolved forms before the creative decision was made to make B/W have only GenV pokémon and were ultimately kept in despite the new direction.

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1.How does Kangaskan hatch with another baby in its pouch.
2.Why would you send your 10 year old kid all alone in a whole region facing all sorts of crime organisations
3.How normal and fighting types have no effect on ghost but physical damage attacks damage ghost.
4.How the godly arceus can be caught by a 10 year old kid with a mere ball.
5.Mere drinks like soda and water do more healing than scientifically made potions.
6.How is it possible for a wailord and a skitty(or eevee or even seedot) can breed? And how can the people at the daycare not notice that

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5.Mere drinks like soda and water do more healing than scientifically made potions.
this.

Also it bugs me that I can use Dig while on water and Dive on the solid ground. .___. Just screws with my head.

And the ridiculous not being able to run without running shoes. What on earth did that accomplish? It was especially painful in Firered/Leafgreen to have to go all the way past the first gym before getting them. I actually beat the first gym thinking they simply didn't have running shoes, to keep to the spirit of Gen 1. Really glad they scrapped the shoes in gen 6 and just let you run right away xD

In fact, in Gen 6 they fixed a good amount of things that didn't make sense. For example, no one understood how a tiny little shrub couldn't just be scooted past-- it needed a pokemon to cut it down. In gen 6, this was explained by making Cut trees all prickly. I mean who would want to try to slide past a prickly, thorny tree? Certainly not me!
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